This is the moment a North Korean ambassador was squashed between other passengers as he was made to fly home from Malaysia in economy class. Kang Chol was escorted through Kuala Lumpur International Airport and was then pictured taking his seat next to a child on a flight to Beijing, China. Minutes earlier, the North … Read more
The lawyer of a Vietnamese woman accused of murdering the half-brother of North Korea’s leader questioned Malaysia’s ability to assess the nerve agent used in the killing and called Monday for a second autopsy. Kim Jong-Nam was poisoned with a lethal dose of VX, which is listed by the UN as a weapon of mass … Read more
A tightly-guarded Malaysian court Wednesday charged two women with murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader, who was killed with a powerful nerve agent, and warned them they face the death penalty if convicted. The handcuffed suspects were brought to court surrounded by masked and heavily armed police and special forces for their first … Read more
Two women were charged Wednesday with the murder of Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, after his assassination at a Malaysian airport last month. Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Doan Thi Huong, 28, from Vietnam, were surrounded by a heavy police presence as they were charged in court over the February 13 killing … Read more